Ivor I think you will find this is " &c " or some variation of. It happens quite a lot in the XX district names I have wolstanton & c and Bosmere &c in my list of districts I do not know whether they were in the original file or whether I have added them Just treat it as "& c" and add it to your list or not as you please Regards Roger -----Original Message----- From: Ivor Clucas [mailto:ivor@clucas.org] Sent: 24 October 2005 16:24 To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Unknown Character I am transcribing marriages for 1849 from scans. I have come across a character which is not a letter or number which is inserted after the District in a number of cases. A number of examples can be found at: http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1849/Marriages/March/EW-02/P-Z/1849M1-P-005 6.jpg On page 57 of this scan after Wolstanton (3 times), Bosmere and Tiverton this unknown character appears. It is NOT an "etc" sign as the places have not been truncated and it does not look like it. So far I have inserted a * (uncertain characters). Should I continue this way or ignore or what? Thanks IvorC ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== FreeBMD Transcribers homepage http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Roger Thanks for this. However on the TWYS principle I should type * as, although I know now that it is shorthand for &c, that is not what it looks like and therefore not what I see, Cheers Ivor ----- Original Message ----- From: "LH ARC FBMD" <RCooksonFBMD@dsl.pipex.com> To: "'Ivor Clucas'" <ivor@clucas.org>; <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: RE: Unknown Character > Ivor > > I think you will find this is " &c " or some variation of. > > It happens quite a lot in the XX district names > > I have wolstanton & c and Bosmere &c in my list of districts > I do not know whether they were in the original file or whether I have > added > them > > Just treat it as "& c" and add it to your list or not as you please > > Regards > > Roger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivor Clucas [mailto:ivor@clucas.org] > Sent: 24 October 2005 16:24 > To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Unknown Character > > I am transcribing marriages for 1849 from scans. I have come across a > character which is not a letter or number which is inserted after the > District in a number of cases. A number of examples can be found at: > > http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1849/Marriages/March/EW-02/P-Z/1849M1-P-005 > 6.jpg > > On page 57 of this scan after Wolstanton (3 times), Bosmere and Tiverton > this unknown character appears. It is NOT an "etc" sign as the places have > not been truncated and it does not look like it. So far I have inserted a > * > (uncertain characters). > > Should I continue this way or ignore or what? > > Thanks > > IvorC > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > FreeBMD Transcribers homepage > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/vindex.shtml > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Hi! I have just looked at the scan in question. I believe the mark to be a florid "plus" (+) sign with the down stroke almost an elongated "s" and joined from its tail to the curved crossbar. I would assume this to be a (then) acceptable abbreviation for "etc". Now, how you transcribe that I am not sure! I don't think WinBMD will accept < Wolstanton+ > as a District and I am not sure FreeBMD would accept it either! HTH (in a somewhat limited way). -- Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivor Clucas" <ivor@clucas.org> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:57 PM Subject: Re: Unknown Character > Roger > > Thanks for this. However on the TWYS principle I should type * as, > although I know now that it is shorthand for &c, that is not what it looks > like and therefore not what I see, > > Cheers > > > Ivor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LH ARC FBMD" <RCooksonFBMD@dsl.pipex.com> > To: "'Ivor Clucas'" <ivor@clucas.org>; <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:49 AM > Subject: RE: Unknown Character > > >> Ivor >> >> I think you will find this is " &c " or some variation of. >> >> It happens quite a lot in the XX district names >> >> I have wolstanton & c and Bosmere &c in my list of districts >> I do not know whether they were in the original file or whether I have >> added >> them >> >> Just treat it as "& c" and add it to your list or not as you please >> >> Regards >> >> Roger >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ivor Clucas [mailto:ivor@clucas.org] >> Sent: 24 October 2005 16:24 >> To: FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Unknown Character >> >> I am transcribing marriages for 1849 from scans. I have come across a >> character which is not a letter or number which is inserted after the >> District in a number of cases. A number of examples can be found at: >> >> http://images.freebmd.org.uk/GUS/1849/Marriages/March/EW-02/P-Z/1849M1-P-005 >> 6.jpg >> >> On page 57 of this scan after Wolstanton (3 times), Bosmere and Tiverton >> this unknown character appears. It is NOT an "etc" sign as the places >> have >> not been truncated and it does not look like it. So far I have inserted a >> * >> (uncertain characters). >> >> Should I continue this way or ignore or what? >> >> Thanks >> >> IvorC >> >> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 21/10/2005